Selective Option Disclosure State
Class
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SelectiveOptionDisclosureState
Definition
State in which a professional presents only a subset of available or approved options to a client, omitting alternatives that the professional is not positioned to provide or that would disadvantage the professional's business interests, creating a transparency deficit and potential breach of the duty to provide complete and unbiased advice.
Properties
Subclass of
Action Constraints
Professional must disclose basis for excluding options
Professional must not limit option presentation to self-serving alternatives
Activation Conditions
Client lacks independent knowledge to detect the omission
Omitted options are known to the professional
Professional omits one or more approved or viable options from advice or recommendation
Confidence
0.88
Obligation Activation
Duty to avoid misleading clients through omission
Duty to disclose material information affecting client decisions
Duty to provide complete and objective professional advice
Persistence Type
inertial
Principle Transformation
Transforms the general duty of honesty and objectivity into a concrete obligation to present all materially relevant options and disclose the basis for any exclusions.
State Category
conflict
Termination Conditions
Client independently learns of omitted options
Engagement concluded
Full disclosure of all available options provided to client
Match Confidence
0.0
Matches Existing
false
Source Evidence
Text references
Engineer A prepared a summary memo to City B Administrator and only identified Design-Bid-Build and Progressive-Design-Build as viable project delivery options
Source text
Engineer A prepared a summary memo to City B Administrator and only identified Design-Bid-Build and Progressive-Design-Build as viable project delivery options
Used in cases 1
Case ontologies that instantiate this class. Computed from each individual's type, so the list stays current as cases are extracted. The originating case is shown under Extraction details.
Case 14TTL
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proeth:SelectiveOptionDisclosureState a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Selective Option Disclosure State" ;
proeth:actionConstraints "Professional must disclose basis for excluding options",
"Professional must not limit option presentation to self-serving alternatives" ;
proeth:activationConditions "Client lacks independent knowledge to detect the omission",
"Omitted options are known to the professional",
"Professional omits one or more approved or viable options from advice or recommendation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:obligationActivation "Duty to avoid misleading clients through omission",
"Duty to disclose material information affecting client decisions",
"Duty to provide complete and objective professional advice" ;
proeth:persistenceType "inertial" ;
proeth:principleTransformation "Transforms the general duty of honesty and objectivity into a concrete obligation to present all materially relevant options and disclose the basis for any exclusions." ;
proeth:stateCategory "conflict" ;
proeth:terminationConditions "Client independently learns of omitted options",
"Engagement concluded",
"Full disclosure of all available options provided to client" ;
proeth:textReferences "Engineer A prepared a summary memo to City B Administrator and only identified Design-Bid-Build and Progressive-Design-Build as viable project delivery options" ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInPass 1 ;
proeth-prov:discoveredInSection "facts" ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredAt "2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
proeth-prov:firstDiscoveredInCase 14 ;
proeth-prov:matchConfidence 0.0 ;
proeth-prov:matchesExisting false ;
proeth-prov:sourceText "Engineer A prepared a summary memo to City B Administrator and only identified Design-Bid-Build and Progressive-Design-Build as viable project delivery options" ;
rdfs:comment "State in which a professional presents only a subset of available or approved options to a client, omitting alternatives that the professional is not positioned to provide or that would disadvantage the professional's business interests, creating a transparency deficit and potential breach of the duty to provide complete and unbiased advice." ;
rdfs:subClassOf proeth:ConflictState ;
skos:definition "State in which a professional presents only a subset of available or approved options to a client, omitting alternatives that the professional is not positioned to provide or that would disadvantage the professional's business interests, creating a transparency deficit and potential breach of the duty to provide complete and unbiased advice." ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasAttributedTo "Case 14 Extraction",
"claude-sonnet-4-6" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
14
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00
First case
14
Generated
2026-06-04T08:41:16.710298+00:00
Attributed to
['Case 14 Extraction', 'claude-sonnet-4-6']